Are high attributes more fun then low attributes?

[thalmin]

I put low stats, but that is when all the characters are in the same situation. In the game I am currently playing, the campaign I am running, and the game in which I last played all had everyone start with a point buy of 22. Current game and my campaign also had characters start out as pre-first level adventurers. No feats, no weapon proficiencies; and every acquired skill, feat, ability, and proficiency having to be learned, not just suddenly acquired because the level "gives it to me." Makes everything a challenge.
YMMV

 

[drothgery]

High stats. A low stat (singular) sometimes is nice for flavor purposes, but low stats (plural) suck, especially when they're notably worse than everyone else. Tends to cause big PC imbalances, and those are less fun for everyone.

 

[davidschwartznz]

I voted high stats, only because high stats mean more options, and having options is fun. That said, as long as the stats fit the mood of the game, I don't care if they are low or high.

 

[Stalker0]

I don't need high stats, but I want a lot of good stats. I like well rounded characters, and I like classes like pallys and monks that need a lot of stats. I don't need 18's but I want a lot of 14's or I feel too vulnerable in certain areas.

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

mostly high stats make for fun, capable characters

one or two low stats make for fun, interesting characters

17, 18, 16, 14, 6, 8, arrange as desired. now, that's fun

 

[frankthedm]

High stats work better in the D&D game of accumulation and powering up. Low stats tend to make Characters who look like they belong in the world of Korgoth.

Low STR means you can’t deal out combat damage or carry stuff.

Low DEX means getting hit more often, being burned worse and not hitting with ranged attacks

Low CON means death.

Low INT means few skill points and having to roll play a simpleton.

Low Wisdom means being taken over more often and being RP obligated to make foolish and thus fatal mistakes in a violent world.

Low Charisma means NPCs should treat you poorly and even your ‘friends’ put up with you rather than like you.

 

[wmasters]

Umm.. balanced stats. So long as it's roughly in line with the rest of the party I don't mind. I'm a big fan of point buy as a result.

As a DM, I find it much easier to plan things if there isn't a single powerhouse, or a single very weak character, and as a player I'd rather the overpowering, or underpowered character isn't me.

So I've not voted in this one...

 

[Melan]

I like a mixture of low stats and high stats - average characters don't do much for me, but a PC with some significant strengths and a few significant weaknesses offers great potential for fun, including the challenge of surviving despite the low ones. I am also a fanatical adherent of random character generation (4d6 drop lowest, in order, two sets), and unless forced to, I won't even think about point buy.

All this is related to my preference for playing characters who are disposable; dying in entertaining ways is more fun to me than carefully planning out what my character is going to do with his power. There are always new PCs to roll and new adventures to be had - if I lose, so be it.

 

[Prism]

I voted low just because it means you can have fun against lower CR creatures for longer. In higher stat campaigns the DM tends to put harder stuff against you to create a challenge, which means if you reward xp by the book you go up faster. Otherwise the DM has to spend time increasing the stats of all the creatures to balance things out - which is pretty pointless in my mind, or reducing xp given

I am perfectly happy playing a character without a stat above 14 to start with as the stat benefits in 3e are linear. In older editions we used to play with higher stats since you didn't really get much below 14 in a stat

 

[Thanee]

I like distinctive stats. I dislike boring stats (all close to the mean). Multiple low stats hardly make sense for adventuring types, which tend to be above the norm usually.

So, essentially, from the choices given, high stats for me.

Bye
Thanee